Hat-fastener.



A. A. HERRING.

HAT FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 13. 1913.

Patented 001:. 26, 1915.

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AUGUST A. HERRING, 0F TOLEDO, OHIO.

HAT-FASTENER.

Application filed June 13, 1913.

This invention relates to hat fasteners and more particularly to the type of hat fasteners which are permanently carried by the hat.

An object of this invention is the provision of a hat fastener to be used generally with ladies hats, which will securely hold the hat upon the head by engaging the hair of the wearer and which will not shorten the longevity of the hat by performing the same in innumerable places as is commonly the case with ordinary hat pins.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, this invention relates to such novel features of construction, combination and arrangements of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the drawings and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the drawings wherein like reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views and in which,

Figure 1 is an end view of the improved hat fastener, Fig. 2 is a sectional view through a portion of the hat fastener, Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view through a portion of the hat fastener showing the manner of connecting the hair-engaging means to the handle or head of the hat fastener, and, Fig. 4: is a side elevation of the hat fastener showing parts thereof in cross'section.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, numeral 1 designates a thin metallic plate which is secured to the wall of the hat crown by any suitable fastening means which are inserted through openings 2 in the plate. The plate 1 is placed upon the interior of the hat, contacting .with the inner surface of the side of the hat and carries a housing member 8 provided with a flange abutting the inner surface of the plate 1, as is clearly shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. The member 3 is substantially semi-circular in shape, extends outwardly a short distance from the surface of the plate 1 and has a flat spring 4 seated in a compartment 5 formed on the interior of the housing 3. The member 3 is held in engagement with Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. so, 1915.

Serial No. 773,510.

the plate 1 by means of rivets or other suitable fastening means 6.

The flat spring 4; has its end 7 wound about a pin 8 which is securely seated in one of the upper corners of the compartment 5, and passes about the inner surface of the flange of the housing 3, having its free end 9 engaging an offset 10 carried by a pin 10.

The pin 10 is rotatably journaled in an opening 11 extending through the plate 1 and also in an opening 12 in the upper portion of the housing 3 and has its inner end which extends within the hat curved down wardly and upwardly, being eccentrically shaped as is clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 4i of the drawings.

The portion of the pin 10 which extends beyond the plate 1 and out through the hat to the exterior of the same has screw threads 13 formed upon its extreme outer end. The screw threads 13 form means for attaching an ornamental head 14 to the end of the pin 10. The ornamental head lt serves as a handle portion for the turning or operating of the pin 10 and also adds to the attractiveness of the device.

The inner curved end of the pin 10 is mounted within the hat so that the pointed curved portion of the same will pass through the lining of the hat during the operation of the same. This feature will prevent hair from clinging to the pin 10 and also prevent the pin 10 from pulling the hair of the wearer.

When it is desired to fasten a hat upon the head of the wearer the curved portion of the pin 10 is moved so as to assume a position similar to that shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, or having the pointed end 15 of the pin 10 extending upwardly. When the hat has been properly placed upon the head the pin 10 is moved by means of the ornamental head 14 in the direction of the arrow at, which causes the curved portion of the pin 10 to engage the hair of the wearer. By the curved portion of the pin 10 engaging the hair, the hat is firmly and securely held in its proper position upon the head of the wearer.

When it is desired to remove the hat from the head of the wearer the pin 10 is rotated in direction opposite to that indicated by the arrow a and the curved portion of the same moves out of the hair and allows the hat to be removed.

Any number of fasteners such as has been taching member and being rotatably mounted, an ofl'set carried by said pin in said housing, a leaf spring mounted in said housing and engaging said offset to releasably, hold said pin in an adjusted position.

2. A securing device of the character described comprising an attaching means and a housing, an engaging member passing through said housing and being rotatably mounted, an ofi'set carried by said engaging member, and resilient means engaging said offset for yieldably holding said engaging member in an adjusted position.

3. A securing device of the character described including an attaching member, a housing carried by said attaching member, a pin passing through said housing and said attaching member and rotatably mounted therein, a head at one extremity of said pin. the opposite extremity of said pin being curved, an intermediate oifset formed on said pin Within said housing, and means Within said housing to normally engage said offset in yieldably maintaining said pin in either one of two adjusted positions.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

AUGUST A. HER-RING.

WVitnesses:

7M. E. COLE, F. M. ALCOCK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 

